sevol wrote: > Hi People, > > I'm thinking of getting one of the Saffire audio interfaces from > Focusrite. Anyone on the list using these units & happy with the > results? This, a little off-topic & subjective: happy with the pres & > conversion? > > The SaffireLE, > > http://www.focusrite.com/products/saffire/saffire_le/ > > , is the one I'm eyeing. As far as I can tell it's very similar to the > Saffire, > > http://www.focusrite.com/products/saffire/saffire/ > > , only with 6 in/8 out compared to 4 in/10 out, & minus the > hardwar-powered plug-ins. I like having 2 more ins, & wont miss 2 less > outs. & I imagined the plug-ins, ahreware-powered or software woulkd be > useless under Linux. But the recent thread on the M-Audio Profire 2626 > leads me to believe, maybe the times are changing. I personally think times are changing, but change is slow... > > I'm curious whether the DSP plugins might work in linux with FFADO. > Actually, true functionality of any of these models seem to require > software to adjust settings, so, what limitations are people noticing > right now running these in Linux? & will the pending beta release of > FFADO address the Saffire plug-in Suite hardware-powered use & whatever > other issues there are, if there are? Or is this a Wine solution? As things stand now, there are no plans to support the saffire's internal plugins. And if I do support for any (hardware or software) plugins related to these devices, I'll do whatever I can to make them native instead of WINE. > > Last, is anyone working on a clone of Pieter Palmers? That'd be pretty > useful... I am. Still have about 30years of tweaking ahead though :). Pieter _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
